Here’s a
prayer of intercession from the Brummhart Publishing website. It uses the traditional Advent hymn, Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus.
Prayer of Intercession
(using Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus)
Congregation sings stanza 1
You were
born to set us free:
we pray for
the people all around us,
tangled,
trapped, and bound by our own sins and fears
and the
cumulative sins and fears of humanity, piling ever deeper.
We pray
especially for those in special need of care today . . .
Let us find
our rest in you.
Come, Lord Jesus, come.
Silence
Congregation sings stanza 2
You are the
hope of all the earth:
we pray for
a world where things so often feel hopeless
where
peoples dearly desire wholeness only you can provide.
We pray
especially for people in conflict and danger . . .
for those
who lay down their lives . . .
and for
those lead us . . .
Send your
joy to every loving heart.
Come, Lord Jesus, come.
Silence
Congregation sings stanza 3
You are
born to deliver us and to reign in us:
we pray for
your Holy Church, called to bring in your reign . . .
Reign in us
forever, and help us to live out the justice of your promised Kingdom.
Come, Lord Jesus, come.
Silence
Congregation sings stanza 4
We offer
these prayers in your name, at your throne,
where you
reign with your Father and the eternal Spirit.
Raise us
there, so we may join the saints and angels in praising you,
even as we
join together to pray as you have taught us:
Our Father in heaven . . .
~ Copyright
© 2008 by Brummhart Publishing. http://www.brummhartpublishing.com/
